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His motto, "Tandem fit surculus arbor," "the twig shall yet become a tree" -- was to be nobly justified by his career.— History of the United Netherlands from the Death of William the Silent to the Twelve Year's Truce, 1584
At length the twig was becoming the tree -- 'tandem fit surculus arbor' -- according to the device assumed by the son of William the Silent after his father's death.— History of the United Netherlands, 1590a
"Nec surculus idem,— Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure
Tandem fit surculus arbor: the twig which Mr. Motley in his earlier volumes has described as slowly putting forth its leaves and rootless, while painfully struggling for existence in a hostile soil, has at last grown into a mighty tree of liberty, drawing sustenance from all lands, and protecting all civilized peoples with its pleasant shade.— The Unseen World and Other Essays
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